Posted by westendwilly on March 2, 2013, 12:50 am, in reply to "Re: Kent family"
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Well, yes and no, Nellie. The gold ropes and tassels are generally found on the purple (royal) robes but not on the crimson (parliamentary) robes.
Here is a photograph of George VI and Queen Elizabeth at Buckingham Palace after the King had opened Parliament in 1948, which both proves and disproves what I said!